# Top 40 Agriculture (agtech) Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## Kibbutz Yiron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Machine Learning Kibbutz Yiron ## Walter Beach - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Software, Agriculture Walter Beach ## Münteha Adalı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: AgTech, Baby, Farming Münteha Adalı is an angel investor. ## Eddy Shalev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ. ## Ibrahim Ulukaya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Gaming, Farming Ibrahim Ulukaya ## Uri Levine - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Travel Uri Levine - Co-Founder & Chairman @ Refundit ## Huseyin Karayagiz - Type: Angel - Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Battery Huseyin Karayagiz ## Ahu Serter - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University. ## Danny Hadar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet For the last 10 years, I have been active within the Israeli and US startup ecosystems where I completed 20+ seed investments in companies such as Geoforce (acquired by LLR), Bonobo (acquired by Salesforce), Optitex (acquired by Efi), Keeprz (acquired by Como), Drippler (acquired by Soluto), Snyk (Unicorn) and few others. I am passionate for seedinvestments, creative ideas, risk taking and supporting entrepreneurs.Prior to that, I founded 2 companies, Blue Sky (Energy) and Sinusafe (Medical) after working as a software engineer for 7 years.I grew up in Israel, and lived in the US for 5 years while completing my MBA from Duke. I love all kinds of extreme sports, and particularly kite surfing and snowboarding. ## Engin Utkan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, AgTech, Farming A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect ## Okan Erol - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, AgTech, Ad Exchange Okan co-founded Wordego and as CEO leads the company’s strategic, executive and managerial efforts. His executive management experience includes working as a Business Development Manager for French Chamber of Commerce, CEO for Imerys Minerals, CEO for Esen Minerals, and CEO for Steno Energy. Okan holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering fromGalatasaray University, an MBA from Sorbonne University and a PhD degree in Finance & Banking from Kadir Has University. ## Hande Enes - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media Hande Enes ## Andrea T. Orlando - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketplace, Information Technology Andrea T. Orlando is the Managing Partner in Italy at Startup Wise Guys. ## Shlomo Nechama - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fruit, Water, AgTech Shlomo Nechama ## Hale Umul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Local, AgTech Hale Umul ## Yalin Karadogan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Energy Yalin is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team, responsible for Cinven's Limited Partners in EMEA. At Cinven, he has also worked on a number of transactions, including Allegro and Pronet. Prior to joining Cinven, Yalin spent eight years with J.P. Morgan Partners, in New York and London, completing a number of buyout, growthequity, and venture capital investments in a variety of sectors across Western and Eastern Europe. Previously, he was with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. ## Danyal Arslan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture Danyal Arslan ## Amol Deshpande - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Renewable Energy, Software Amol Deshpande is the Founder of Divergent Investments. He attended Cornell University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ## Kıvanç Kesim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming Kıvanç Kesim ## Kibbutz Maagan Michael - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Food Processing Kibbutz Maagan Michael is the founder od Maagan Filtration. ## Gal Yarden - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software Dr. Gal Yarden co-founded Beeologics, LLC and serves as its Executive Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Yarden served as Chief Executive Officer of Bio-Oz Biotechnologies Ltd. Dr. Yarden has more than 15 years of experience operating entrepreneurial ventures in biotechnology and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Beeologicsteam. ## Kamil Sözen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software Kamil Sözen ## Hakan Erdoğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture Hakan Erdoğan ## Hasan Aslanoba - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software business in the water industry. By 2005, the company succeeded in the Turkish bottled water industry under his guidance.In 2006, Erikli Water partnered its Turkish operations with Nestle Waters, the global leader of the bottled water industry. ## İzzet Zakuto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health İzzet Zakuto ## Yasemin Mistikoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant - Focus: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology Yasemin Mistikoglu ## Michael Eisenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, B2B Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not all announced) including Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX), and Wework (NYSE: WE). Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Vanishing Jew, Ben Barukh, and The Tree of Life and Prosperity. He has published two additional books in Hebrew which are due out in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses and Roaring Tribe. Michael also lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel and entrepreneurship. He is the Chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and sits on the board of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael founded the Nevo network, a professional network organization that integrates immigrants to Israel into the high tech ecosystem and serves as the organization's active Chairman. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children. ## Ece Akın Armutak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture Ece Akın Armutak ## Özgür Ülkü - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software Özgür Ülkü ## Kerim Kotan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, VoIP Kerim Kotan ## Tülin Karabük - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture Tülin Karabük ## Shlomo Nehama - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fruit, Water, AgTech Mr. Shlomo Nechama served as the Chief Executive Officer of Arison Investments from 1992 to 2006. From 1982 to 1992, Mr. Nehama served as a partner and joint managing director of Eshed Engineers, a management consulting firm. He has been the Chairman of Ellomay Capital Ltd. (Formerly, NUR Macroprinters Ltd.) since March 31, 2008. ## Igor Ryabenkiy - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital. Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide. ## Omer Erkmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara. ## Melik Arslan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture Melik Arslan ## Leon Recanati - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Photo Editing Leon Y. Recanati is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel Ltd., a private investment company whose main field of activity is venture capital investments in startup companies engaged in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, and in advanced technologies. Until May 2003, and prior to founding GlenRock, he served as Chairman& CEO of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., and Chairman of Azorim Investment Development and Construction Ltd., in addition to several other positions in a variety of operating companies in Israel. Mr. Recanati initiated in 1998 Clal Biotechnologies Ltd. (CBL). Clal Industries invested $100 million in CBL. Clal Biotechnologies is considered the largest biotechnology investment company operating in Israel. ## Volkan Çağsal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software Volkan Çağsal ## Ozlem Tumer Eke - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant - Focus: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology Ozlem Tumer Eke is an angel Investor. ## Tolunay Yıldız - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, AgTech, Coffee Tolunay Yıldız ## Meltem Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology Meltem Aydın is an angel investor.